Monday, May 30, 2016

Unlike previous information, MARCONI RADIO INTERNATIONAL will not be on the air on 2 June 2016. Instead a number of test broadcasts will be aired on Wednesday, 1 June 2016 on some new frequencies according to the following schedule (All times in UTC): 1800-1900 on 9290 kHz, 1930-2030 on 15070 kHz and 2100-2200 on 6390 kHz.

Reception reports can be sent by e-mail to: marconiradiointernational@gmail.com - Please don’t forget to include your postal address as some lucky listeners will also receive a printed QSL card.

Last but not least, we need your help! If you use social networks, please post an announcement on Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our potential audience.

We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about those test transmissions on some new frequencies.

Best 73's

Marconi Radio International (MRI)
Old style short wave broadcasts from Italy

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Ofcom has commissioned research into pirate radio: There is an anonymous online questionnaire you can fill in.

"Dr Angus Nurse Director of Programmes in Criminology and Sociology at Middlesex University is working with his colleague Dr Robin Fletcher to examine the phenomenon of pirate radio in the 21st century...The aim of the research is to, so far as is possible, examine the extent to which pirate radio remains a contemporary social and regulatory problem. We are examining why ‘pirate’ radio persists despite the existence of legal alternatives to unlicensed broadcasting. The research, which was commissioned by the regulator Ofcom, also aims to assess both why people continue with ‘pirate’ broadcasting on FM radio, as well as the reasons why audiences continue to consume ‘pirate’ radio broadcasts...We would like to hear from as many listeners and members of the public as possible."

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Just a short reminder of our regular weekly brodcasts on Wednesdays. Marconi Radio International will once again be on air tomorrow 18 May 2016, from 1800 to 1900, 2000 to 2100 and from 2130 to 2230 UTC on 7700 kHz USB mode.

The first half hour is always a DX programme in English (Italian Shortwave Panorama) followed by mailbag show in Italian or non-stop music interspersed with announcements in English, Italian, German, French, Spanish and Catalan.

Last but not least, we need your help! If you use social networks, please post an announcement on Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our potential audience.

We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions.

Studio Northlight sent me this eQSL for their recent broadcast via Channel 292. The operator was in Iann's pirate chat recently and said he had received 70 reception reports for this broadcast and was working his way through them all. Thanks for the QSL!

One of the first stations to go on the air under the new legislation may be the long time pirate – Atlantis Radio 1521 – in Friesland. They got a license (?) from Commissariaat voor de Media in March 2016, and they recently purchased a new 75 W AM transmitter (300 W PEP). The format is golden oldies – and the station can be heard online here: http://www.atlantisradio.eu/radio/ - and more details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/RadioAtlantis1521KHz/Info: British DX Club (BDXC-UK) http://www.bdxc.org.uk

As from Wednesday, 4 May 2016 Marconi Radio International will start a regular service according to the following schedule:

On Wednesdays, from 1800 to 1900 UTC, from 2000 to 2100 UTC, and from 2200 to 2300 UTC on 7690 kHz USB mode (alternative frequencies: 7700 and 7790 kHz).

The power is in the region of 100 watts. We have standardized our transmissions: there are now only broadcasts 60 minutes long. The first half hour is always a DX programme in English (Italian Shortwave Panorama) followed by mailbag (or DX) show in Italian or non-stop music interspersed with announcements in English, Italian, German, Spanish and Catalan.

Last but not least, we need your help! If you use social networks, please post an announcement on Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our potential audience.

We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions.